Evaluating the research performance of the Greek medical schools using bibliometrics

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1367-1384

  Kazakis, Nikolaos A ^a,b   Diamantidis, Anastasios D ^a   Fragidis, Leonidas L ^a   Lazarides, Miltos K ^a,c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (Greece)

^c Department of Vascular Surgery Democritus University Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Bibliometrics; g index; h index; Medical school; Research evaluation; Self citations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892844060     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1049-x     Document Type: Article

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